Jacob simmons



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SIMMONS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TON i JOSEPH GOLDSTINE, OF SAME PLACE.

i COAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,232, dated August 22, 1882.

Application filed May 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern: i fers from the one shown in the preceding Iig- Be it known that I, JACOB SIMMONS, of the ures in that the fore parts are of the frock decity of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have scription-that is to say, they have the usual invented certain Improvementsin Clothing, of skirt, which admits ot the coat at this point `35 5 which thel'ollowing is a specilication. conforming somewhat to the shape of the This invention relates to certain improvewearer-while the back is cutaccordingto the ments in coats; and it consists in combining ordinary sack pattern, and presents the loose in one garment the essential elements or feaand undress appearance desired lin coats of tures of a frock and sack coat, as will hereinthat description. 4o ro after appear. From the foregoing it will be understood In the further description of the said inventhat the coat, when cut in accordance with tion which follows reference ismade tothe aceither construction herein described, differs companying drawings, forming a part hereof', materially in appearanceand t from either a and-in Whichfreek or sack coat in ordinary use. In tho 4 5 I5 Figure I is a side view of the improved coat. lirst design the coat has the loose appearance Fig.I[ is an extended view oi' parts of thecoat. in front derivable in a sack, with the close-lit- Figs. III and IVillustrate certain modification ting shape at the back. This is merelyT rein the construction of the coat, as will be hereversed in the modification illustratedin Figs. inafter described. III and IV, the coat beingcomparatively loose .5o zo Referring to Figs. I and II, A is the back behind and molded to the form in front.

and B B are the fore parts of the coat. The I claim as my inventionhack is cutoi' the frock pattern-that is to say, A coat in which are combined a back and it lis provided with tails, and is vented-while fore parts ot dil'erent styles, the same forming the fore parts are made of a continuous piece agarment having the distinguishing features 55 25 from the upper end to the bottom. Now, it of' the frock and sack patterns, substantially will be seen that this coat, while having the as specified. appearance of a sack when seen from` the front, l has the advantage of molding to the shape at the back and being separable at the lower Witnesses: a 3o part of the same, owing to the vent. WM. T. HOWARD, The coat illustrated in Figs. III and IV dif- ASHER SIMMONS.

JACOB` SIMMONS. 

